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This Sunday afternoon (May 24) Harrah’s Philadelphia will present as good a card of racing as has been seen in North America so far in 2026, with $611,815 in purses to be contested during the track’s annual marquee “Super Sunday” program beginning at 12:40 p.m.
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Maybe you think of the trainer Wesley Ward as “Mr. Keeneland.” Maybe you don't know this: After Keeneland wraps up in late April, Ward has proven a force during Churchill's spring meet. Last year he was 8 for 30, and so far this meet, with two horses entered on Friday's nine-race program, Ward has gone 9 for 20.
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One Hundred Kings got into a bumping incident immediately after the start, switched leads late, raced a bit greenly while lugging in down the stretch, yet was still good enough to win his career debut in impressive fashion earlier this spring. Trainer Victor Barboza Jr. is confident his promising 3-year-old can build off the experience Friday at Gulfstream Park.
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Bob Baffert has a bunch of talented horses who have posted May workouts at Churchill Downs. It's just that Baffert either doesn't yet know or isn't willing to publicly state where many of them will next race.
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At 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning, trainer Jamie Ness had 4,995 career wins and said he wanted to get the milestone over and done with in a hurry. He wrapped things up in time for dinner.
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For an encore to his Louisville victory, trainer Ian Wilkes plans to run his blossoming turf star Burnham Square June 13 at Churchill in the $225,000 Chorleywood, a listed race over 1 3/8 miles on grass.
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After a half-mile workout May 16 at Churchill Downs, Kentucky Oaks runner-up Meaning probably is bound for Saratoga for the Grade 1, $500,000 Acorn on June 5.
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Live racing in Maryland will shift away from Laurel Park to the Fair Hill Turf Showcase on Sunday and Monday. The newly renovated racecourse at the Fair Hill Training Center will host its second event since reopening, offering an eight-race flat racing card on Sunday and a nine-race steeplechase card on Monday.
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Rarely does trainer Rick Dutrow think his horses won't run a big race. Over and Ollie is that rare individual that gives Dutrow cause for pause when it comes to his confidence level. Friday, Over and Ollie returns to what he does best – sprinting – in Aqueduct's featured conditioned allowance race at 6 1/2 furlongs. But given Over and Ollie's last-place finishes in his two most recent starts, both stakes, Dutrow tempered his enthusiasm.
Pride of Jenni, the Australian Horse of the Year in 2023-2024, utilized a pacesetting style to end a four-race losing streak in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes at Gold Coast Racecourse on May 8, her eighth group-level race win. The same tactics are likely to be employed when Pride of Jenni starts in Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup at 1 1/4 miles at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane.
